a) The government should facilitate for the establishment of a compulsory National Employment Council (NEC) that deals with employment issues such as salaries, grievances, employment conditions, minimum working standards and a code of conduct, among others. b) It should be mandatory for media houses to have policies that promote equality and non-discrimination. 7. Digital Migration and emerging content industry a) Review the current laws and establish a new and democratic law to define the emergence of the new content generation industry to support the digital migration process. b) Government in partnership with media stakeholders should escalate civic awareness processes on the digital migration process. c) Media stakeholders should take an active role in the consolidation of the emerging content generation industry and capacity building. 8. Media Content monitoring and consumption Government should establish an Independent Media Content Regulatory Body guided by the principles of freedom of expression to replace the Censorship Board 9 Media Ethics and Professionalism The media should be allowed to practice self-regulation through an act of parliament which makes it mandatory for all media houses and journalists to be bound by an agreed Code of Conduct and Ethics. 10 Gender perspectives a) The government in consultation with media stakeholders must formulate, adopt and implement gender and disability policies at institutional and editorial levels (i.e. recruitment, promotion, working conditions, beat assignments etc). b) Government should ensure that curriculum in media and journalism training institutions are gender and disability mainstreamed through instruments such as compliance, inspectorates and regular review of the curriculum. c) A sexual harassment policy must be formulated and adopted by the industry and enforced by a watchdog committee to secure a safe professional environment for all media practitioners. End 3